My dude Miguel shouting out The Minutemen as an influence on his new album the other night, gave me a big smile

This week I'm dropping some previously unreleased Supernova 2023 IDOS conversations to the IDOS Patreon (Link in bio).

In this video, Flying Raccoon Suit's Andrew Heatron talks about being mistaken for Bad Time Records own Mike Sosinski.

Check it out. There's audio and video!

Everyone keeps telling me about this Catbite band and I finally gave them a listen. I'll have to say. I like what I hear!

I'm working on the 2nd draft of my novel, Little Black Book of Death. I'm nearly done with the first act. So I take a moment to talk about the music reference just in the 1st draft alone.

Full audio is on the IDOS Patreon (Link in bio) and on my Substack (Link also in bio)

Thoughts on this reggae/ska tinged track "Violence in the Supermarket" by SF punk band Spiritual Cramp?

Someone please give Oscar Isaac my number. I will restart the In Defense of Ska podcast if he agrees to be a guest. Let's go!

A little while back, I posted a video of (mostly) country band The Mavericks playing a ska original. Now here's a little taste of them covering "Simmer Down" by The Wailers (And then seamlessly transitioning to "Blue Moon" by Elvis). Brilliant band all around.

Big News! The Slackers drummer Ara Babajian wrote a memoir. It's getting released on CLASH Books in the summer of 2027. I got to read an advanced copy of it and LOVED it. He writes about his childhood, Agent 99, Leftover Crack and The Slackers. I spoke with Ara about it for the Patreon (Link in bio)

Hey, I just began the 2nd draft of my novel, Little Black Book of Death.

I also like to talk about it to the camera and say really obvious things! You can listen on my Substack (Link in bio) or my Patreon (link in bio)